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- 012.15 Finland
- by Petri Ojala <ojala@funet.fi> and Harri Salminen
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- FUNET, the Finnish University and Research Network, is a project estabilished
- in 1984 by the Ministry of Education. FUNET provides Internet-connectivity to
- the academic and research community. The network is based on cisco
- multiprotocol routers with redundant leased line topology from 64 kbit/s to
- 2 Mbit/s which will be replaced by public Frame Relay service during the spring
- 1992. The supported protocols are TCP/IP, NJE, DECNET and OSI CLNS. In
- co-operation with Telecom Finland three single mode fiber FDDI rings
- interconnecting FUNET sites have been installed. FUNET operates various
- application level gateways and services including the largest public archive
- server nic.funet.fi in the Internet.
-
- The Finnish Unix Users' Group, FUUG, provides EUnet mail and news access to
- commercial companies and colleges. The connections are mostly UUCP connections
- using high-speed dial-up modems and ISDN. InterEUnet TCP/IP services will be
- available using leased lines and dial-up connections in January 1992. FUUG has
- an agreement with FUNET to utilize the FUNET IP backbone for national
- connectivity.
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- Both FUNET and FUUG use the Nordic University and Research Network, NORDUnet,
- for their main international connectivity.
-